[NorthWoody]

What is the deal with women and shoes, anyway? I've never understood why they need so many.

My wife, never one to be frivolous with money or a slave to the latest fashion, only has maybe 8 or 10 pair.

I myself have seven pairs. One pair all-purpose black dress/casuals for weddings and funerals; three pair of athletic-type lightweight hikers for everyday/casual/yard work wear (one is new, one is in so-so condition and one is old and ratty); one pair of high-quality steel-toed work boots (Red Wings) that I wear everyday to work and maintain meticulously; one pair of insulated camouflage hunting boots (also high-quality and also Red Wings) and one pair of heavy insulated winter pac-boots which I haven't worn in years and I'm not sure I even know where they are at the moment.

[R. Scott]

… and one pair of heavy insulated winter pac-boots which I haven't worn in years and I'm not sure I even know where they are at the moment.

Somewhere I have (had?)a pair of insulated Wolverines I bought when I lived a year way up North. I have no idea where they are – so I didn’t count them. They may even have walked off by now.